Beth Bolick

Specialty Coordinator of the Acute/Chronic Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (AC PNP) Program.
Work experience includes: pediatric emergency department, pediatric intensive care, and neonatal intensive care.
Doctoral work in palliative care throughout the lifespan.

Co-editor with Karin Reuter-Rice RN PhD of the new textbook - Pediatric Acute Care. Publication planned for February 2011 by Jones and Bartlett Publishing.

Member of Emergency Nurses Association(ENA)Task Force to Revise the Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC) program 2002- 2008. Also member of 1998 Task Force.

Chairperson of the Emergency Nurses Association Pediatric Committee 2008 - 2009.

Member of Advisory Committee Task Force to develop the first Pediatric Nurse Practitioner exam for those specializing in the care of acute/chronically ill infants/children. Coordinated by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB)2002-Present. This project included a role delineation survey, exam blueprint development, item writing, and curriculum requirements.

ELNEC and EPEC Trainor.

Frequent lecturer on child maltreatment.

Work with the Illinois Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) on facility recognition, standards, and protocols.

PALS, NRP, and BLS instructor.

Doctoral work on palliative care services within an academic medical center.